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“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.”

War Country Energy Known Greater Happened Mankind Amount Nuclear Release Bombs Physicist Remarks Explosions Hydrogen Hydrogen Bomb

Author:Nikita Khrushchev

“Theres a tremendous amount of work building the apparatus, getting the experiment to work. But sitting there late at night in the lab, and knowing light is going at bicycle speed, and that nobody in the history of mankind has ever been here before - that is mind-boggling. Its worth everything.”

Mind Light Night Knowing Mankind Building Amount Late Sitting Speed Experiments Bicycle Labs Mind Boggling

Author:Lene

“I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After all, capital is the accumulated savings of mankind. And banks are great masters in destroying enormous amounts of capital with great regularity.”

Should Mankind Masters Amount Capacity Enormous Saving Destroying Underestimate Savings Never Underestimate Regularity

Author:Arie de Geus

“Who can dispute that the governments of the United States constitute the most voracious tax system in the history of mankind? In the year 2000, those governments succeeded in laying hands on more than $3 trillion - almost $11,000 each for the 275 million men, women, and children resident in the country. No other nation-state rakes in an amount even close to the U.S. total.”

Men Years Children Country States Hands Government Nations United Millions United States Mankind Amount Taxes Disputes Men Women Residents Rakes Tax System

Author:Robert Higgs

“Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.”

Certain Mankind Amount Absurdity

Book:Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

Source: Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

“I'm very skeptical of the amount of money that goes into military expenditure, not just in the poor countries [but] also in the rich. I think it's one of the most massive wastes in the world, but education is [at the] other end. It's the bearer of the greatest fruits that mankind has ever known.”

Thinking World Ends Country Poor Known Rich Mankind Military Amount Waste Fruit Massive Skeptical Expenditures Poor Countries

Author:Amartya Sen

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”

“It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.”

Source: Toward a Psychology of Being